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This is a satellite event to INTERSPEECH 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The workshop welcomes all topics related to speech and language technology in education. This includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- speech technology for first and second language learning</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- natural language processing for education</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- spoken dialog systems for education applications using speech and/or natural language processing for education</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- intelligent tutoring systems using speech and natural language</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- robot-assisted learning</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- development of language resources for SLaTE applications</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- assessment and user studies of SLaTE methods and applications</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- theoretical and methodological issues in SLaTE</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- use of speech synthesis for language learning</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- serious games in SLaTE</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- SLaTE for communicative disorders and pathology</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Submissions related to the special sessions on (1) the
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The paper submission deadline is <b class="">
May 5th 2017</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">However, updates to the paper are allowed until
<b class="">May 12th 2017</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">More information can be found here: <a href="http://www.slate2017.org" class="">
www.slate2017.org</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">On behalf of the organizing committee,</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Olov Engwall, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Chair)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Helmer Strik, Radboud University (Co-chair, ISCA SIG SLaTE chair)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">José David Lopes, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Technical chair)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Iolanda Leite, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Special session on Robots in Education)</span></div>
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Iolanda Leite<br class="">
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KTH Royal Institute of Technology<br class="">
School of Computer Science and Communication<br class="">
Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning (RPL)<br class="">
Teknikringen 14, 6th floor, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden<br class="">
<a href="https://iolandaleite.com/" class="">https://iolandaleite.com/</a> <br class="">
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